Towel-cabinet.



1. ROUSSO.

TOWEL CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED 11111.12. 1912. 1,157,046. Patented 001.19, 1915.

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1. Rousso.

TOWEL CABINET. APPLICATION man 1111.12.1912.

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1,157,046. 1 Patemd oet. 19, 1915. I

Zwei/250W Wynn Y 1 fagme@ JACQUES ROUSSO, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TU'WEL-CABINET.

Specicati'on of Letters Ilatent.`

Patented Oct. 19, 1915.

Application led January 12, 1912. Serial No. 670,776.

To all whom t may concern.' Be it known that I, JACQUES Rousso, a

citizen ofl the United States, residing atv In these drawings- I have shown one specific embodiment of my invention, but the invention itself is defined in the appended claims.

I now proceed to describe lthis specific` embodiment of my invention, and referring -to the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus in its normal condition. F ig. 2 is a similar view showing the cabinet opened up as it would be for the purpose of taking a towel out for use. A Fig. 3 is a similar view showing a towel out in position for use. Fig. 4 is a vertical section. Fig. 5 is a detail sectionaly view showing a modification. F igs and 7 are perspective views `of a detail element showing a towel in its relation thereto.- Fig. 8- is a per-` spective view of a locking rod. Fig. 9 is a perspective View of a latching element.

The apparatus comprises a box 15 to contain clean towels, standards 16 supporting this box, an open receptacle 17 to receive soiled towels, and a rod 18 on which the towels are at rall times strung. Above the box 15 for the clean towels is a mirror 19. The rod 18 has its upper end slightly reduced, as indicated by the 'reference numeral 20, and a screw threaded socket 21 is formed in this end of the rod 18. 0n the bottom 22 of the box 15 lies a removable pallet 23 carrying an up-standing sleeve 24,

securely supported by -the inlaid plate 25;

On the underside of the bottom wall 22 of the box 15 is attached a metal plate26 with -one end bent down and anl eye 27 formed therein. The rod 28 has an eye at its lowerv end designated 29 and its upper end screws intothe socket 21, The padlock30 engages '4. The hole 37 is closed the two eyes 27 and 29 and thus holds the -rod 28 from being unscrewed.

Each towel 32 has a gromet 31 around the edges of a hole in one side of the towel and these. gromets are strung on the sleeve 24, as shown in Fig. 4. Each towel is folded once, the free edge lying on top of the end carrying the gromet. This free edge of the upper towel is designated'33 in Fig. 4.

The box 15, has a cover 34 hinged at 35 and shown in open position in Fig. 4. The cover .34 is slotted to accommodate the rod 18, as indicated by the reference numeral 40.

The bottom wall of the soiled towel receptacle 17 is designated by the reference numeral 36. This has a hole 37 therethrough, one side of the hole being cut away above and below, as indicated in ig. below by a plate 38. The lower end of the rod 18 is bent forward, as indicated by the reference numeral 39, and in the normal relation of the parts this end .39 of the rod 18 hooks into the under cut-away space of the hole 37.

The alternative construction shown in Fig. 5 simply provides a hinge 41, the axis of this hinge being transverse so that. the

rod 18 can be rocked forward on this hinge 'their gromets on the sleeve 24 that stands up from the pallet 23, and each towel being folded with its free end y,33 uppermost. A person desiring to use a clean towel will step up in front of the apparatus in a position facingthe mirror 19 and with one hand will raise the cover 34 to the position shown in Fig. 2. The extent to which the cover can be raised is limited by the stop 42, so that when he lets go of, this cover 34 it will fall back to closed p/osition by its ownweight. The cover being'raised by one hand, as just stated, the user of the apparatus will reach into the box 15 with his other hand and seize the free edge 33 of the uppermost towel,

drawing it u'p and forward. This-will pulll ,rod 18 can ings. While in this position the towel can be used either on the face or-the hands, and finally when the user is through with it he lets go of it and it falls down into the receptacle 17, the gromet 31 all the time sliding along on the rod 18.

If several persons, say two or three persons, desire to use clean towels at the same time, they can do so, one of them standing a little lat one side of a position'directly in front of the apparatus, and another standing a little at the other side, each one using his individual towel at the same time as the other or others.

As the towels accumulate in the receptacle 17 they remain always strung with their gromets on the rod 18 and the parts being locked in place by the padlock 30, it is impossible for any person to steal any of the towels. l

Vhen it is desired to replenish the box 15 with clean towels, this is done by removing the padlock 30, unscrewing the rod 28 and pulling it down and out. Then the upper reduced end 20 of the rod 18 can be sprung up a little out of the sleeve 24 and then the be swung forward This moveinent will swing thelower end 39fof the rod 18 back so that it can be lifted up out of the hole 37. Thereupon all the soiled towels in the receptacle 17 will fall olf of the lower end of the rod 18 or can readily be pushed off by the hand and removed for cleaning them. At the same time the pallet 23 can be lifted out of the box 15. If desired several pallets 23 may be kept on hand, each one piled up with the proper number of cleantowels, and when one-is removed, another can be instantly put in its place. Or, if desired, cleanv towels can be piled up on the removed pallet and it can be put back in the box 15 in the position shown in the drawings.

After the pallet supplied with clean towels has been put back in the box 15, the lower end 39 of the rod 18 is stuck down in the hole 37, then the rod is pushed back and its upper end 30 sprung into the socket in the upper end of the sleeve 28. Then the rod 28 i's screwed in place and locked by the padlock 30. This brings the apparatus to nor mal condition ready for use, as already described.

It will be observed that the socket 37 and the coacting end 39 of the rod 18 are' so shaped as to prevent rotation of the rod' 18 in said socket 37. This prevents swinging the forwardly projecting intermediate part of the rod 18 olf to either side ofits normal..

medial position. As an alternative construction the rod 18 may be hinged below, as

indicated by 41 in Fig. 5, but in this case the soiled towels have to be removed by sliding them along the rod 18and olf the upper end thereof.

It will be seen that I have provided aplet resting on said lsupport memo/ee paratus by which a supply ofclean towels can be kept on hand for instant use, that they may be withdrawn therefrom and used without inconvenience, and that at any stage they are retained by the apparatus and canr' not be stolen.

The device as described may be supplemented by coin controlled mechanism, so that its use shall depend on the insertion of a coin in a slot.

I claim:

1. In a device of the vclass described, a towel support; anda retaining member extending upwardly from said support and then downwardly suiiiciently to constitute a suitable guide for a towel while in use, substantially as described.

2. In a dev-ice ofthe class described, an elevated towel support; and a retaining member extending upwardly from said support and then downwardly sufficiently below sa-id. support to constitute a suitable guide for a towel while in use, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, an elevated towel support; and a retaining member extending upwardly, from said support and then downwardly suiiciently below said support, said retainer being provided below said support with a substantially vertical portion of considerable length to constitute a suitable guide for a towel while in use, substantially as described.

4. Inga device of the class described, an elevated towel support; and a retaining member extending upwardly from said support, then outwardly and downwardly sufficiently below said support, then inclined rearwardly and downwardly under said support and then downwardly substantially vertically to constitute a suitable guide for a towel while in use, substantially as described.

5. In a device of `-the 'class described, a towel support; and a retaining member extending upwardly from adjacent the outer ,edge of said support and then downwardly suiiciently 'to constitute a suitable guide for a towel while in use, substantially as described.

6. In a device of the, class described, a towel support; and a retaining member extending upwardly from adjacent the outer edge of said support, then outwardly and downwardly sufliciently below said support, then inclined rearwardly and downwardly under said support and then downwardly substantially vertically to constitute a suitable guide for a .towel while in use, substantially as described.

7. In a device ofthe class described, a stationary support; a readily removable paland adapted to serve as a carrier for perforated articles; and a retaining member extending upwardly from said pallet then outwardly beyond and downwardly below said support and adapted to servevas a guide for perforated articles on said pallet, substantially as described.

8. In a device of the class described, a stationary support; a readily removable pallet resting on said support and adapted t0 Serve as a vcarrier for perforated articles; and a retaining member extending upwardly from said pallet, then outwardly beyond and downwardly below said support, said retainer being provided below said support with a substantially vertical portion of considerable length adapted to serve as a guide for perforated articles on said pallet, -substantially as described.

9. In a device of the class described, a frame, a shelf supported thereby, a pallet resting on said shelf, and a rod connected to thev pallet and extending upwardly therefrom, then forward and then down past the front edge of said shelf, said rod having a other,

detachable joint at a point in the portion thereof that extends up from the pallet.

10. In a device of the class described, a frame, a box carried thereby, a rod having one end attached to the bottom of the box within the same near its front and extending thence up then forward then down past the front of the box and back beneath the box, a hinged cover for said box having a notch in its forward edge to accommodate the said rod, and a receptacle underneath the box, the lower end of said rod extending into said receptacle and fastened to the vbottom thereof.

11. In a device of the class described, two rectangular boxes supported one above the a removable pallet within the upper box, a rodhaving one end carried by said removablepallet and extending lupwardly therefrom, thence forward, down and under the upper box and into the lower box, said rod being jointed at a point directly above its connection with said pallet.

12. In a device of the class described, a clean towel and a soiled towel box, a removable pallet within the clean towel box, a rod extending upwardly from the upper side of said pallet'and thence tothe soiled towel box, said rod consisting of a tubular standard with its lower end fixed on said pallet, a solid portion jointed to the upper end of saidtubular standard and extending therefrom tothe soiled towel box, and a fastening rod extending through `the lbottom of the clean towel box and through said tubular standard engaging the proximate end of the solid portion o f the rod.

13. A towel dispenser comprising an upright support, a bracket mounted on said support and adapted to support a pile of towels placed one above another thereon, a locking device carried by said bracket, a rod having a goose-neck formed on its .upper end' and adapted to engage said locking device, a loose towel-carrying sleeve adapted to telescope with the end of said rod and pass loosely through eyelet holes in a series of towels to facilitate the placing of the towels on said rod, said sleeve normally resting on the support for said towels, the towels slipping ofl' the upper end of said sleeve as they are lifted from the top of the pile on the shelf, and a hamper provided. beneath said bracket land into which the lower end of said rod extends.'

14. A towel dispenser comprising a sup` port, a towel-Supporting shelf mounted thereon, a locking device mounted on said shelf, a rod having a goose-neck terminating in a downwardly projecting end that is adapted to overhang said shelf and engage said locking device, the other end of said rod being inclined inwardly and downwardly from said goose-neck, and a hamper having an open top wherein the lower end of the downwardly and inwardly inclined portion of said rod is secured.

In testimony whereof, I have subscribed my name.

JACQUES RoUs'so.

Witnesses:

SAM VOLF, CARL A. RICHMOND. 

